Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
विलोकनमिषेणागादाश्रमोपस्थितं ह्रदम् । निपपात च तत्रासौ चुक्रोशातितरां ततः
vilokanamiṣeṇāgādāśramopasthitaṃ hradam | nipapāta ca tatrāsau cukrośātitarāṃ tataḥ
On the pretext of looking around, he went to the lake near the hermitage. There he fell in, and then cried out exceedingly loudly.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating
Tirtha: Āśrama-hrada (unnamed)
Type: kund
Scene: A brahmacārin walks toward a lake beside the hermitage under the guise of sightseeing; suddenly he slips/falls into the water and cries out loudly, ripples spreading across the hrada.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often set up tests of integrity; outward actions can conceal inner intent.
Only an āśrama-adjacent lake is mentioned; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None; the verse is narrative, describing movement to a hermitage lake.